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Posted 5 April, 2024

Born in Korea, raised in the United States, and now residing in Aotearoa New Zealand, Sumi Hahn is a writer with many interesting life-chapters to draw from.

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Posted 4 April, 2024

Central Government announced today it has more than doubled the budget for Queenstown's SH6 upgrades - to an eye-watering $250 million.

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Posted 4 April, 2024

The Aspiring Conversation programme is returning to Wānaka this week. It will feature a number of speakers and artists across four days who aim to inspire.

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Posted 4 April, 2024

Methamphetamine and weapons charges, a brawl at a local bar, and five Easter drink drivers all feature in this week's Crimeline.

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Posted 4 April, 2024

Local charitable organisations who work in the environmental sector can now apply for grants of between $5,000 - $10,000 to support their work, with the first funding round of the Love Queenstown and Love Wānaka Community Funds now open.

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Posted 3 April, 2024

Five weeks of rock stabilisation work near Queenstown’s Bungy Bridge gets underway early in April, says NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA).

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Posted 3 April, 2024

Some 140 tourism volunteers planted more than 2,500 native trees near Lake Hayes over just two days earlier this month.

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Posted 3 April, 2024

Queenstown's troubled arterial road project will reach a construction milestone this month, with the reopening of upper Suburb and Dublin Street.

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Posted 3 April, 2024

The daughter of Queenstown’s two most famous early hoteliers, Pat Doyle (O’Connell), who arrived here aged two in 1937, was number four out of 10 children, gravitating towards hospitality from a young age.

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Posted 2 April, 2024

Even though it was SO cold on Saturday morning, a decent crowd turned up at 9am to see the parade of beautiful old classic cars rolling down Buckingham Street on their way to Naseby and Gore.

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Posted 2 April, 2024

Monthly Horoscope – April 2024 Get Astrology Gift Cards

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Posted 2 April, 2024

The Central Otago Regional Orchestra is delighted to join with internationally renowned, Queenstown based pianist Kinga Krupa to present their April concert series, 'Autumn Romance', showcasing a programme with flavours of romance ranging from Beethoven to Tchaikovsky to Grieg.

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Posted 2 April, 2024

Queenstown Lakes businesses still face tough economic conditions despite visitor numbers returning to pre-pandemic levels.

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Posted 2 April, 2024

The Department of Conservation (DOC) spent nearly half a million dollars on an operation to kill one stoat.

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Posted 1 April, 2024

The tide appears to be turning against controversial plans to build new council offices in downtown Queenstown.

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Posted 31 March, 2024

Foodstuffs says its Wānaka New World stores have decided to stay open across Easter Weekend in breach of the holiday's trading laws.

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Posted 29 March, 2024

Queenstowners can expect some big changes for this year’s LUMA Southern Light Project festival, including a site redesign and a kids zone.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

Cancer is a sneaky beast but every year (in fact it seems like every week at the moment!) treatments get more effective and less toxic.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

Dr Jim Salinger has been named the 2024 Kiwibank New Zealander of the Year Te Pou Whakarae o Aotearoa.

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Posted 28 March, 2024

Rocco Jamieson has claimed the snowboard slopestyle bronze medal at the 2024 FIS Slopestyle and Big Air Junior World Championships, held in Italy.

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